J.Bernardt returns with new single 'Four In The Morning'

Two years after his album Contigo, J.Bernardt, the solo project of Jinte Deprez (Balthazar), comes bacl with new single, Four In The Morning, out today via Play It Again Sam. The upbeat, moody pop song feels like a euphoric haze: manic and captivating, driven by pulsating drums, sprawling synths and sultry vocals. It marks his first new release since 2024.

Four In The Morning reflects the evolution of J.Bernardt into a fully-fledged artistic universe with its own trajectory and ambitions. Written and recorded at 64 Sound Studio in Los Angeles, it finds Jinte working far from familiar routines. There, he teamed up with producer Paul Butler (Michael Kiwanuka, Devendra Banhart), whose free-flowing approach encouraged spontaneity and led Jinte to find his most liberated vocal performance to date.

Butler's joyous production style and the uninhibited energy of Los Angeles run through the song from start to finish. The result is a track that retains J.Bernardt’s trademark sound, only more playful and reckless. It tells the story of someone reaching a moment of clarity at four in the morning—whether intoxicated, sober, or somewhere in between is left deliberately unresolved.

Listen to Four In The Morning: jbernardt.lnk.to/4AMIN

About the track:

"The song caught my attention very quickly because it’s not the kind of song I would normally write. It has this manic urge that made me think: ‘Is something calling out your name, man?’ So I went for it, probably because of the sense of rebirth it gave me. Why not? I wanted to feel reborn. And that’s how it happened: a dancer in his finest suit wandering through LA at four in the morning. I hope it ends well for him."

Four In The Morning captures Jinte at his most uninhibited: wild, warm and full of life. It's the perfect soundtrack for summer!